自拍
zì pāi
Pinyin

Definition

自拍
 - 
zì pāi
  1. to take a picture or video of oneself
  2. to take a selfie
  3. selfie

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

来自
lái zì
  1. 1 to come from (a place)
  2. 2 From: (in email header)
拍
pāi
  1. 1 to pat
  2. 2 to clap
  3. 3 to slap
  4. 4 to swat
  5. 5 to take (a photo)
  6. 6 to shoot (a film)
  7. 7 racket (sports)
  8. 8 beat (music)
自
zì
  1. 1 self
  2. 2 oneself
  3. 3 from
  4. 4 since
  5. 5 naturally
  6. 6 surely
自己
zì jǐ
  1. 1 oneself
  2. 2 one's own
偷拍
tōu pāi
  1. 1 to take a picture of a person without permission or without their knowledge

Idioms (20)

一拍两散
yī pāi liǎng sàn
  1. 1 (of marriage or business partners) to break up (idiom)
  2. 2 to separate
一拍即合
yī pāi jí hé
  1. 1 lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom)
  2. 2 to hit it off
  3. 3 to click together
  4. 4 to chime in easily
不敢自专
bù gǎn zì zhuān
  1. 1 not daring to act for oneself (idiom)
不由自主
bù yóu zì zhǔ
  1. 1 can't help; involuntarily (idiom)
不言自明
bù yán zì míng
  1. 1 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)

Sample Sentences

好主意！那，除了形形色色的微商还有各种各样秀自拍的，都希望趁机成为“网红”。
hǎo zhǔyi ！nà ，chúle xíngxíngsèsè de wēishāng háiyǒu gèzhǒnggèyàng xiù zìpāi de ，dōu xīwàng chènjī chéngwéi “wǎnghóng ”。
Good idea! As well as all kinds of WeChat merchants there are also all sorts of people showing off their selfies, taking the opportunity to get famous online.
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嗯...对了，如果觉得肩膀很沉重的时候，千万不要自拍哦，小心肩膀上有“人”与你合影。
ng4 ...duì le ，rúguǒ juéde jiānbǎng hěn chénzhòng de shíhou ，qiānwàn bù yào zìpāi ò ，xiǎoxīn jiānbǎng shàng yǒu “rén ”yǔ nǐ héyǐng 。
Hm... oh yes, if you feel like there is something heavy on your shoulder, you definitely shouldn't take a selfie, as if you're not careful there may be a "person" on your shoulder in the picture with you.
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不用，我们自拍。来，一二三。
bùyòng ，wǒmen zìpāi 。lái ，yī èr sān 。
No need. We'll take a selfie. Here we go. One, two, three!
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糟了，我的空间里保存着很多自拍照。
zāo le ，wǒ de kōngjiān lǐ bǎocún zhe hěn duō zìpāizhào 。
Oh crap. I have tons of pictures of myself saved on my space.
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这个对我没吸引力，我最讨厌自拍了。你觉得三星的怎么样？
zhè ge duì wǒ méi xīyǐnlì ，wǒ zuì tǎoyàn zìpāi le 。nǐ juéde Sānxīng de zěnmeyàng ？
That doesn't appeal to me; I really hate taking pictures of myself. What do you think about Samsungs?
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